CALLING all YOUNG CC'ERS share your meals HERE!!

There are many threads for older individuals, and those who cook for themselves, live alone, and maybe have a different experience than you tenns. So, the goal here is to have examples from CCers who might be more similar to you in terms of living arrangements and overall experiences on a daily basis. Everyone is free to post and I hope you all find it helpful. 

Please be aware of these rules before you post:

1) Any menu that does not total or appear to total at least 1500 calories for a female under 21 or 1800 for a male under 21 will be removed. Please remember the minimum guidelines for a female and male under 21 are as above and are the sedentary minimums; if you work out, or are not very short and very small you will need more than this. Consumption of less than this comes with a great many related dangers, even if it is only by 100 or 200 calories and can stunt growth and development in the long run. To work out what you need, remember CC's tools are inaccurate for under 21's and so use this calculator instead: http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html as you are still growing. Yes, even in the later years - there's more going on inside of you that you simply can't see. And if the numbers are confusing you or you'd like help with meal ideas and calorie breakdowns feel free to PM me! I'm happy to help with the maths if it means that no one is starving themselves unduly.

2) If you are older than 21 please make this known before you post your intake.The minimum intake for a sedentary female over 21 is 1200 calories per day.However, I ask you state your age simply because I do not want to get you confused with someone under 21 and delete a menu unknowingly. If you don't state your age, and your menu is clearly below 1500, it will be removed per Rule 1.

3) Try to keep it positive, please. Ranting is okay but remember you can rant in your journals - and it's usually a better place to rant, as you can moderate your own journals rather than write something up here. Furthermore, please remember one day of "crummy" eating isn't going to hurt you, and watch use of the word "binge" - binge eating is a very serious problem, not someone eating an extra couple hundred calories or up to maintanance calories one day, or a large meal, or going for seconds. Still, try to keep it positive over negative, please! :]

And do remember - there will be teens here with differing goals to you. Gaining, maintaining, losing. Don't compare yourself to others - so long as you are healthy and eating enough for what you need, while not in violation of any of these rules, it doesn't matter what anyone else does! Be selfish! x]

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hey I think this is a great idea...here goes:

Breakfast: Oatmeal (cooked with milk) with a banana, flax seeds, and some melted chocolate

snack: boiled egg

lunch: a large cheese+turkey sandwich, a large tomato and carrot, and some grapes

snack: activia yogurt and 2 tablespoons of mashed pistachios

dinner: chicken meatloaf (made with tomatoes, mozarela cheese, onion, garlic and oregano. like pizza, yum), mashed cauliflower-potato mix, salad

It's going to be a late night so I think I'll probably have either a peach or an apple for another snack.

Looks alright, right?

Breakfast: poridge with raisons

snack: pineapple

lunch: apple, orange, ham sandwhich (on white bread), 2 crackers

snack: tiny bit of pesto pasta

dinner: chicken pie

snack: marmite rice cakes

Snack after swimming: some veaneta, and some lemonade.

Breakfast:
cheese sandwich

Lunch:
grilled turkey, mozzarella, broccoli, carrots
& some chicken soup

Snack:
some chocolate & almonds

Dinner:
oatmeal

total:1781

Breakfast:

all bran and blueberries

Snack:

light yogurt and carrot sticks

Lunch:

6" veggie delite subway

Dinner:

salmon chowder

whole wheat bread

blueberry custard pie

might have some sugar free cocoa later

breakfast: bowl of crunchy nut cluster with milk

Snack: kiwi and chocowafer, then made volcano cupcakes haha, yuumm. :)

Lunch: sundried tomato ciabatta with speady cheese hummus and spinach, laughing cow wedges and another cupcake.

Snack: smoothie- banana, bluebs, strawbs, yoghurt, oats, oj and PB.

Tea: salad- lettuce, peppers, cucumber, avocado, hummus, grated carrot, spinach homemade croutons and some orange juice.

Snack: maybe cereal if i'm hungry :)

Breakfast: Carnation instant breakfast

Lunch: cottage cheese, cantaloupe and cherry tomatoes

Snack: Rice krispie treat

Snack: chocolate pudding

Dinner: salmon chowder, milk

Snack: black cherry chunk ice cream

Wow, my snacks are so healthy...lol

Breakfast: all bran

Lunch: peanut butter banana smoothie

Snacks:

raisins

vitamin water

light yogurt

rice krispie treat

dinner: pork chops, potatoes, and tomatoes

snack: black cherry ice cream

Breakfast - Cheerios mixed with hazelnut granola in 1% milk

Snack - An apple

Lunch - French toast (2 slices white bread, an egg, 1/4 cup milk, tsp sugar and tsp butter) with peanut butter

Snack - Pineapple slices, hummus and carrots

Dinner - At Applebee's - Asian chicken wrap (fried breaded chicken, asian dressing, greens, almonds in a flour tortilla) with fries

Snack - Vanilla 3% yogurt with pineapple, veggies with hummus

Breakfast: Oatmeal with a few banana slices, flaxseed meal, dessicated coconut & PB

Snack: 20 pistachios & about four and a bit pineapple slices

Lunch: Salad with spinach, arugula, green bell pepper, celery, mushrooms marinated in Bragg's Liquid Aminos, raw corn kernels, steamed carrot, cucumber, dried cranberries & cashew butter

Snack: Apple Pie Larabar

Dinner: Grilled seitan, baked sweet potato & salad with romaine, green snap beans and baby peas

Snack: Organic berry soy yoghurt

Breakfast:
cheerios with yogurt & some almonds

Lunch:
steamed vegetables (broccoli, carrots, cauliflower), 1 hard boiled egg, a sandwich (2 slices of rye bread with ham, cheese & a bit of butter)

Snacks:
a chocolate bar (81% dark chocolate)
an orange & some grapes

Dinner:
oatmeal & a banana
a glass of milk

Breakfast:
peanut butter toast with cinnamon sugar, nummy

Lunch:
peanut butter banana smoothie

Snack:
haagen dazs vanilla and almond ice cream bar

Dinner:
chicken tenders and bbq sauce
carrots
diet coke

Snack:
chocolate pudding
no sugar added cocoa

breakfast-

8 oz V8 fruit/veggie juice! : D yum

special k granola bar in blueberry

fruit

lunch-

sandwich with honey ham and american cheese

special k granola bar in cherry

8 oz V8 juice

dinner-

chicken stir fry with white rice and broccoli

8 oz V8 juice

8 oz water. : D

Breakfast:
1 slice of rye bread with some peanut butter

Lunch:
steamed vegetables, some turkey & chicken, 1 large potato

Snack:
some dark chocolate
1 kiwi

Dinner:
some beans with 2 slices of ham

total: 1519

I eat 1500+ calories a day.  So today:

Breakfast- English muffin with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light - 150 calories

Lunch- 2 veggie dogs with buns and ketchup/mustard- 300 calories

Dinner- Pick Up Stix: Tofu & Broccoli with Brown Rice- 800 calories or so

And I'm going to have a snack of popcorn tonight when we watch a movie, which will bring me up to about 1550 calories :)

Breakfast - Large wheat bagel with almond butter (450)

Lunch - 2 hot dogs with white buns and ketchup + relish (500), honeydew (50)

Snack - Bowl of optimum banana-bran cereal in 1% milk (350)

Dinner - Banana oat pancakes (400) with almond butter (200)

Snack - Can of pepsi (150), Wunderbar chocolate (300), sour cream & onion chips (100)

Snack -  Another bowl of optimum cereal (350), thick slice of nut & wheat bread with peanut butter (200)

3000+ :]

I like this thread. :)

Breakfast: 3 whole wheat low fat biscuits

Lunch: Baked ziti, salad, hummus, seasoned and toasted pita bread, celery

Snack: 2 pieces of chocolate cake and a few mints

Dinner/snacks: I didn't really have a real dinner since I ate a big lunch so late, but I had a bunch of little things - grapes, honeydew, a LOT of challah and a banana, plus a tiny bit of pasta that I made for my brother (just to see if it was cooked enough) and a few pieces of kettlecorn that I made for my sister

Snack: about half a loaf of chocolate chip banana bread, lol... it was YUMMY

I think I ate something else, too, but I can't remember what. All in all, not too bad considering I went to a lunch party and then overstuffed myself to the point that my stomach hurts and is distended... haha I guess it was pretty bad >_< Usually I don't eat that much cake/bread, but it was calling my name today! 

Breakfast:
rye bread & peanut butter, a glass of skim milk

Lunch:
some spaghetti, mushrooms, zucchini and an egg (mixed together)

Snacks:
an apple, 1 kiwi, an orange & some grapes

Dinner:
plain yogurt with cheerios & almonds

total: 1534

I've only had breakfast & lunch so far, but here's my plan for the whole day:

Breakfast- Sandwich with english muffin, morningstar farms veggie sausage, 1 tablespoon of fat free cheese - 250 calories

Lunch- Bun with cheese and pickles from work - 200 calories (not the most nutritious.. but I was at work and all the parfaits were frozen still ew!)

Dinner- Leftovers from Pick Up Stix - 600 calories

Snack- Popcorn - 400 calories

Drink before bed- Orange juice - 150 calores

Total 1600 calories :)

Breakfast: Cheerios with soy milk and a banana

Lunch: Banana, honeydew, grapes, carrots, challah

Snack: Dried apples

Dinner: Vegetable lentil soup, broccoli, watermelon, cantaloupe

Snack: Chocolate chip banana muffin

Snack: Will have either a yogurt or applesauce and possibly a piece of chocolate if I feel like it

Breakfast- 2 jumbo eggs, two slices ww toast and a Dinosaur Plum

Snack- A fried apple bite thing my friend gave me while we were working at a local fair.  It was coated in sugar but it was so good and chewy.

Lunch- A tofu salad sandwich on ww bread, a wide array of veggies/w hummus and a small apple.

Snack- Still working at the fair. A vanilla ice cream cone.

Dinner- Stuffed green pepper, filled with ground turkey, brown rice and other veggies. It was so good. Plus the pepper shell my Dad didn’t want.

Snack- Some dark chocolate covered almonds. An apple with apple butter + peanut butter.

Total: 2050

Totally perfect. x3